The Historical Significance of Tian Lei Tofu

Tian Lei Tofu, also known as "Gaoping Roasted Tofu", is a unique traditional food in Gaoping with a history of more than 2,000 years. According to legend, in the battle of Changping in 260 BC, Zhao Kuo was defeated by General Qin and 400,000 troops of Zhao were killed. Tian Lei's cruelty aroused the hatred of later generations, so they compared tofu to "Tian Lei meat" and cooked it with fire and water to vent their anger. Unexpectedly, people feel quite fresh and have a unique flavor after eating it. So "burning tofu" was handed down in Gaoping. Nowadays, "burning tofu" is not only popular in Gaoping, but also often used to entertain guests. During the War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression period, the Eighth Route Army led by Commander-in-Chief Zhu De and Deputy Commander-in-Chief Peng passed through Gaoping, and the local people made "tofu burning" to express their condolences to the soldiers. After liberation, many party and state leaders came to Gaoping to inspect their work, and they all tasted Gaoping's "burning tofu". Tian Lei Tofu and Leningrad Symphony There are many ways for human beings to record history, such as books, newspapers, myths, legends, architecture, paintings, place names and even some local snacks. For example, there is a snack in Shaanxi called "Tian Lei Tofu". Anyone who knows a little about the history of China War probably knows that there was a war in Changping more than 2,000 years ago. The warring parties were the most powerful Qin State at that time, and the last country in the East that could fight Qin State alone-Zhao State. At this time, Qin had already started his unification war, attacked the weakest South Korea at that time, and surrounded South Korea's Shangdang (this place is famous today, and it is a strategic place in Shanxi, where China * * * clashed for the first time in the Liberation War, which is called Shangdang Defence War). Seeing that the city was no longer guarded, Shangdang local officials made a mistake, ceded Shangdang to the nearby state of Zhao, and led Qin's army to Zhao. At this time, the prince of Zhao thought he was still Zhao's father, so he accepted the gift from heaven, but he didn't know that it was a sugar-coated bomb, so the disaster of Changping began. Lian Po, a veteran of Zhao School. Although Lian Po opposed taking over Shangdang, the duty of a soldier made him resolutely shoulder the heavy responsibility of defending the country. In the face of the fierce attack of Qin, Lian Po adopted the defense policy of clearing the field and keeping the high base and deep ditch. It really worked, and Qin and Zhao were at loggerheads at the forefront. Time is on Zhao's side. "The Art of War" said: "If the teacher is exposed for a long time, there will be no winner!" The grain and grass supplies of Qin state have to cross the Yellow River, and the cost is very high. Besides, before the Qin Dynasty, there was World War I with North Korea, and the eastern countries also helped Zhao's plan, so Qin was eager to fight a decisive battle. When Qin saw that the head coach of Zhao was a famous Lian Po, he knew that if he wanted to win Zhao, he must first abolish Lian Po. So he sent people with huge sums of money to lobby Zhao's ministers. By this time Lin Xiangru was dead, and Zhao Quan's minister was an altruist. At that time, the young prince of Zhao was eager to win, and he was quite dissatisfied with Lian Po's insistence on fighting Qin. Two shots, Lian Po post also issued the same smell, replaced by a spring boy-Zhao Kuo. In fact, after this, Zhao Kuo was a noble family, and his father was the famous Ma Fujun Zhao She, who was also a famous soldier in the Warring States Period. This Zhao Gongzi inherited his family studies and studied the art of war in his early years. He often talks about war with his father, gesticulating and talking endlessly, treating war as a child's play. When Zhao saw this scene, he had long predicted: "Don't let this son take charge of Zhao's army, or Zhao will be in danger of national subjugation!" . At the same time that Zhao changed generals, Qin also secretly changed generals, in exchange for the ever-victorious general and famous Qin-Tian Lei in the Warring States Period (this person has never been defeated in his life, better than Changshan). As soon as Zhao Kuo came, he changed Lian Po's strategy. The whole army attacked and rushed to Qin Jun with high morale. Bai Daye changed his tactics, fought and retreated, and retreated to Changping. At the same time, the light cavalry was secretly sent to harass Zhao's rear and cut off Zhao's food and grass supply. At this time, the king of Qin also supported Tian Lei with newly raised soldiers in China. There is no food on one side and soldiers on the other. This completely surrounded the bold Zhao army. This siege lasted for more than forty days. Zhao Kuo organized several breakthroughs, but he hated the bully's power, but he could not rush out of Tian Lei's iron drum array, and was finally killed by Qin Jun in a surprise attack. The commander-in-chief died, the army had no food, the soldiers had no fighting spirit, and Zhao surrendered. Zhao's more than 400,000 troops were captured at once, and I didn't know what to do. In order to prevent the prisoners from mutiny and completely weaken the strength of Zhao, they ordered the enemy to surrender and killed more than 400,000 Zhao troops in Changping area. Today, after being washed away by rain, you can often see many bones, which are the remains of Sergeant Zhao who was killed. The following story is also quite interesting. The story of Zhao Handan defending the war, Xin Lingjun stealing the symbol to save Zhao, and Chang 'an leading the horse to lament is also quite wonderful. See Biography of Xinlingjun in Historical Records for details. Mr. Sima wrote a wonderful article. Later generations commented that "Xin Lingjun is the pride in the eyes of Mr. Sima, and this biography is a proud article written by Mr. Sima", which has always been beyond the reach of military strategists, but it is reckless for later generations to pit Qin Bing on Xiang Yu. Criticized by later generations, this killing and surrender strengthened the hearts of the six eastern countries (except Qi) to resist Qin by force. The so-called war is also dead, not as good as world war I. Whether Qin lost or won is still inconclusive. Qin attacked Handan twice, which was the direct result of killing and surrender. By the way, I want to explain Tian Lei's funeral. After Changping, the invasion of Handan, Zhao once again used Lian Po. The whole country swore a bloody battle with Qin, and Xin Lingjun also took Wei and Chu to save Zhao and retreat. A few years later, when Changping was defeated in World War I and Zhao had not recovered, the Qin Dynasty attempted to attack Zhao again. Wu Anjun resolutely opposed the war and was alienated by Yan Hou (who offered a plan to keep friends away from home and attack close home). He was killed by Du You in Chang 'an East Shili. War is not only the story of several princes, but also the story of millions of ordinary people. Seeing that 400,000 children were killed overnight, the people of Zhao couldn't find a reason to avenge Tian Lei, so they pinned their hatred on a small piece of tofu, which represented Tian Lei meat (also called Tian Lei tofu), and the garlic paste on it represented Tian Lei's brains, and Chili oil represented Tian Lei's blood. In order to express their hatred, Tian Lei became tofu and thousands of Shaanxi people died in Qian Qian. ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! !